In Bandung, Indonesia in 1955, representatives of twenty-nine newly independent Asian and African nations met to declare the importance of Third World unity in opposition to European colonialism and Western imperialism. The Bandung conference had a tremendous impact on the peoples of the Third World, such that political leaders and intellectuals of the era spoke of the “Bandung spirit.” The conference was followed by the 1957 Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference in Cairo, Egypt.
Another great post, Charles. Incredible how much the mainstream narrative has ignored Dr. King's calls for economic and social justice and focused on the civil rights struggle. I'm intrigued by the idea of applying dependency/world-systems theory analysis to race relations in the US. I'd also add that the US black upper classes seem to be playing a comprador role, Moreover, the benefit from the postmodern identity discourse as it actually gives them preferential treatment (affirmative action, etc) while the larger impoverished black underclass still suffers from the legacies of economic exploitation that they have no interest in addressing.
Any comments on the 8th National Congress of the Cuban CP that is currently underway?
Another great post, Charles. Incredible how much the mainstream narrative has ignored Dr. King's calls for economic and social justice and focused on the civil rights struggle. I'm intrigued by the idea of applying dependency/world-systems theory analysis to race relations in the US. I'd also add that the US black upper classes seem to be playing a comprador role, Moreover, the benefit from the postmodern identity discourse as it actually gives them preferential treatment (affirmative action, etc) while the larger impoverished black underclass still suffers from the legacies of economic exploitation that they have no interest in addressing.
Any comments on the 8th National Congress of the Cuban CP that is currently underway?